Wheeled scoop



T. E. DUCKWORTH.

WHEELED SCOOP.

APPLICATION FILED mm. 19x9.

1 ,308, 666 Patented July 1, 1919.

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I N VEN TOR.

STATES PATENT 'FF To all whom it may ooncemi mamas nnuoxwonrn, orCOLFAX, LOUISIANA. I

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. Be it known that I, THOMAS E. DUQK- WORTH, a citizen of the UnitedStates, reslding at Colfax, in the county of Grant and .State ofLouisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wheeled-Scoops, of which the following is a specification.

The invention provides a scoop for general use which is mounted uponwheels for.

convenience of movement and operation, the object being to provide novelmeans for mounting the scoop and unique actuatin means, whereby the scoomay be raised an lowered 'to facilitate lo ing andunloading thereof.

The drawing illustrates a preferred embodiment of the invention.However, it is to be understood thatin adapting the same to meetdifferent conditions, various changes in the form, proportion, and,minor details 'of construction may be resorted to without... departingfrom the nature of the invention.-,

as claimed hereinafter.

In the drawing hereto attached, Figure 1 is a side view of a wheeledscoop I embodying the invention, the full lines showing the scoop inlowered position and the dotted lines-indicating the position of thescoop when raised. v

Fig.2 is a plan view and Fig. 3 -is a detail view showing the positionof the operating lever-when the scoop is elevated and the lever madesecure.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingvdescription and indicated inthe several views of the drawing.

by like reference characters. The scoop. 1 is of ordinary comprises abottom, a back and side.

formation and In the preferable construction the scoop is formed ofsheet metal of" suitable gage depending upon the character' of work forwhich the scoop is designed.

An axle 2 is supported in the sides ofv thescoop and is provided at itsendswith crank arms 3 WlllCll receive ground wheels 4. The crank arms 3admit ofthe raising connection cooperates with thesegment. 5

and an operating lever 6- to admit of the scoop being raisedor lowered.As shown the connection comprises a rod 7 and a chain 8,

' the latter passing about the segment 5 and Specification of LettersPatent.

secured to one endthereof. .The operating lever 6 is pivotally supportedat 9 to handle bars 10 which are connected to the body of the scoop. Acatch 11 near the free end of the lever 6 is adapted to engage a pin 12l and hold the lever in the plane of the handle Application filed April8, 1919. Serial No. 288,589. v p

lines in Fig. 1 and the 'full lines in Fig. 3 the.

scoop is in elevated position, thereb admitting of the trundling of thesame rom one place to another.

The handle bars 10 have their middle por- "tions brought close togetherand their for-.

as engage the sides of the scoop at their rear .ends, thelaterally bentends 13 of the handle bars being secured to the scoop in any substantialway. The rear ends 14 of the handle 'bars are bent laterally to formgrips for convenience of manipulating the device. The pin or like part12 connects the handle bars near their rear ends.

:',When it is required to load or unload the scoop, the same is loweredby moving the operating lever 6 into upright position. when trundlingthe scoop the latter is ele- Vated by lowering the lever 6, whereby thescoop may clear objects so as to pass freely over the surface.

'A projection 15, atone side of the scoop constitutes a stop to engagethe contiguous crank arm 3 to limit the movement of the scoop in onedirection when operating the lever -6 to elevate the scoop.

The foregoing description and the drawin have reference towhat may beconsi ered' the preferred, or approved form of my invention. It is to beunderstood that I may make such changes in construction and arrangementand combination of parts, materials, dimensions, et cetera, as may proveexpedient and fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Havin thus fully described my invention, what I c aim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is -1. In combination, a scoop, a handle barprojecting rearwardly from the scoop, an axle supporting the scoop andprovided at its ends with crank "arms, wheels mounted upon the crankarms, an operating lever v pivotally mounted between the handle bars, acatch carried by the operating lever to engage the element connectingthe rear ends of the handle bars and connecting means hetweentheoperating lever and axle.

3. In combination, a scoop, handle bars having their end portionsextending later ally to form grips and attaching means, respectively, anelement connecting the rear ends of the handle bars, an axle receivingthe scoop and provided at itsends with crank arms, wheels mounted uponthe crank arms, a segment secured to the axle, 5111- operating leverpivotally mounted between the handle bars, connecting means between theoperating lever and segment, a catch on the operating lever to engagethe element connecting the rear ends of the handle bars and a stop atonelside of the scoop for en gaging one of the crank arms.

In testimony whereofIafiiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS E. DUCKWORTH. Witnesses: i R. H TALLEY,

J. W. DOWDEN.

